Good stories, told honestly, still matter.
East Nashville Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, based in Nashville, Tennessee. We are drawn to work shaped by place, memory and the quiet moments that make up a life — writing that does not need to shout to be heard. Small by design, a few books at a time.
Coming 12 September 2026
Where the Heathen Rage
“The baby was still alive when Hollis Koker found her stuffed inside a hollow log on the side of Little Black Mountain, screaming into the dark.”The first line
A fierce Southern novel about inheritance and redemption, the wages of faith and the cost of love, and the fragile, stubborn hope that survives when nearly everything else has been taken.
A novel by Stacy Dean Campbell.
“A mesmerizing novel about the stubborn endurance of hope.”Independent Book Review
“Richly cinematic. Immersive small-town America novel boasts riveting sense of place.”BookLife
“Good stories, told honestly, still matter.”East Nashville Press
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